Day 266
September 23, 2021
From Springfield to Warwick






Dwight St. in Springfield

81 degrees, hot, sprinkling

must be a rainbow

over the lip of the

railroad tracks.

 

Cityscape

so different from my own

thundercloud peering

over the top of a

5 story building,

graffiti climbing up

the outside wall

Not even a pigeon

in plain sight.

 

The sky moves quickly

overhead between

the buildings and the lampposts

Decades if not centuries

are seen in what is in front

of my eyes.

Architecture both ornamental

and practical

Railroad stations identify a city.

 

I am here for you

Waiting

when did I learn

to be so good at waiting?

Is it an asset of being

a middle child?

holding place

staying calm

a shelter for others?

 

But I wish to search

for the rainbow, leave

my chilling space

and wander in my own life.

 

I wish to solve

my own puzzles

answer my own questions

draw my own map.

I wish to open

my new journey

Embrace my own body

Care take my new heart

Feed my own wants.

 

when did I learn to be a good waiter?

Now I need to wait for me

climb over the lip and look

for the rainbow,  

You may want to hold my hand

feel free.

 

 





 

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